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" It's especially gratifying to have done a film like 'Eight Men Out' because it's hard not to have fun when there are so many bats and balls around. "

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" I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely. "

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" When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character. "

" I bat righty. "

" As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. "

" DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does. "

" You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, 'I'm so unlucky!' No, you're not. You're speeding. Slow down. "

" I don't like the NFL, where I think it's a problem: some guy scores a touchdown, now he's got some kind of dance that he planned. To me, I just want to change the channel. "

" I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male. "

" 'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G. "

" To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff. "

" I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat. "

" I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to. "

" I love Vanna White as much as the next guy. "

" I have never been one of those actors who say, 'Oh, my character wouldn't do this,' or 'My character never wears an orange shirt,' or any of the number of inane things I've heard on movie sets throughout my career. "

" With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; you're just interested in how the plot is going to unfold. "

" I was taking hitting clinics every chance I got. I really worked on it. It was just fun to be given that invitation from the director to make the baseball as good as we can. "

" Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center? "

" The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned. "

" I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again. "

" I'm a sucker for doing something fun. If somebody wants to pay me to learn how to fly a plane or be a better golfer, that certainly would be a plus - or if it's filming in Tahiti. "

" I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work. "

" More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't. "

" I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia. "

" I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show. "

" I really like the way Fox handles their shows. "

" I had a teacher senior year in high school. He was a theater teacher, and he basically was a little bit like 'High School Musical.' He kind of encouraged the jocks to get involved with the plays. I did it as kind of a senior year lark. "

" I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me. "

" Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do. "

" If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me. "